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H. S. BREWINGTON.

TRAY.- No.., 420,404. Patented Jan. 28, 1890.

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UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY s. BREWINGTON, on BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, .Asslenon TO BREWINGTON, BAINBRIDGE aco, OF SAME PLACE.

TRAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 420,404, dated January 28, 1890.

Application filed May 9, 1889. Serial No. 310,197. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY S. BREWINGTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trays; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in childrens trays, which will be hereinafter more particularly described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the bottom side of a tray with the improvement attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4. are details.

A is the body of the tray, made in any suitable manner and of proper material for such trays.

B is a wire or small rod bent at each end to form a long loop and to have a narrow space between it and the surface of the tray, as shown in the figures. The two ends of B are secured to thebottom of the rim or margin a and near to the shoulder formed by the margin or rim, so as to have the full width of the rim beyond the wire B.

O is the spring-wire, made of steel, bent in one loop, as in the drawings. The ends 0 c are bent, as shown, so that when the spring is forced under a table-leaf the ends 0 a will bear solidly upon the full width of the margin a and the curve of the spring will bear hard upon the wire or rod B. This is an improvement upon the springs heretofore used, in that their ends bear upon the margin only, whereas in the present case the resilience of the wire B is utilized in addition to that of the ends of the spring itself, and hence there is less tendency to tear asunder the soldering by which the spring-supports are secured to the tray.

The tray A, provided with the wire or rod B, secured at its ends to the tray, in combination with the spring or holder 0, having the ends 0 c bent outwardly, the ends ofthe holder engaging the ends of the wire or rod B, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY S. BREWINGTON.

Witnesses:

WM. FUSSELBAUGH, GEO. F. HARTMAN. 

